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SUMMARY:Future Jazz: Anthony Coleman
DESCRIPTION:The Alternative Library’s Future Jazz series explores work from modern experimental composers and improvisers in the field of jazz~ \nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\n$6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib \nAnthony Coleman (born August 30\, 1955) is an avant-garde jazz pianist. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked with John Zorn on Cobra\, Kristallnacht\, The Big Gundown\, Archery\, and Spillane and helped push modern Jewish music into the 21st century.\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Coleman \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2196064390460114/ \n~~~\nAltLib is always ALL AGES!\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/future-jazz-anthony-coleman/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190606T230000
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CREATED:20190528T212233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190528T212233Z
UID:22359-1559845800-1559862000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Transtock!
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Trans Lives! Eat food\, build community\, hear great music! \nLeft at London – Although Left At London mostly is known for her pop writing sensibility\, she is mostly known for her deeply personal and introspective lyricism. Despite some of the songs subject matters being very specific to her life as a trans woman with autism\, borderline personality disorder\, ADHD\, and PTSD\, her songwriting style takes these concepts and makes them into something that’s uniquely abstract while still remaining relatable and honest. http://leftatlondon.com/ \nBeautiful Freaks – ranging in style from punk to progressive\, to funk\, to thrash\, and everything in between. https://beautifulfreaksfreeaaky.bandcamp.com/ \nPorch Cat – Through uptempo punk songs\, sludgy ballads\, and dreamy pop hooks\, Porch Cat writes about queer identity\, pain and chronic illness\, surviving abuse and assault\, colonization and racism – ultimately returning to themes of love and empowerment. https://porchcat.bandcamp.com/music  \nRosie Flowers – Seattle\, WA \nCommunity Potluck @ 6:30pm\nMusic @ 7:30pm\, poetry/spoken word throughout. \nLook for us at Red Square from 12-5pm too.\nEmail raine.dozier@wwu.edu with questions
URL:https://altlib.org/event/transtock/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190605T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190520T165936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190520T165936Z
UID:22328-1559761200-1559764800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Volunteers' Meetin'
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting\, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/volunteers-meetin-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190604T192000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190421T014235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190520T190056Z
UID:22258-1559671200-1559676000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Classroom: Fiction Writing as an Act of Magick
DESCRIPTION:Do you believe a story can change the world? Do you marvel that ink and tree pulp can conjure images in your mind\, and stir up chemicals in your body? Ever wonder exactly how the story of your own life is less fictional than a story in a book? Do you want to feel something?  \nJUNE 4th TO JULY 23rd\nTUESDAY EVENINGS FROM 6 TO 7:20 \nEight weeks. Eight sessions. Eighty dollars. Get embodied. Fortify your creative life. Produce at least one rigorously revised work of short fiction with a magickal aim. \nClass size will be limited to 15 seats. Please register in advance via Brown Paper Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4228443 \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/500505820484752/ \nFICTION WRITING AS AN ACT OF MAGICK is taught by Taylor Leatrice Werner\, who holds an MFA in Fiction from the Institute of American Indian Arts\, where she graduated with the distinction of Best Fiction of the Year. Her undergraduate concentration was called Catharsis: Writing the Shadows. She has been awarded three Lannan Foundation Grants\, the Carolyn Walton Cole Endowment Fund in Creative Writing\, and the James T. Whitehead Creative Writing Endowment. As a tutor and teacher\, Taylor has been helping others write since 2012.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/fiction-writing-as-an-act-of-magick/
CATEGORIES:Classroom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190603T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190603T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190520T165113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190520T165113Z
UID:22324-1559588400-1559599200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:The second longest running Bellingham poetry group – Poetrynight.\nAll people are invited to join the group any Monday night at 7pm. You don’t have to be a writer to participate as readers of all ages are always invited to sign up to read between 7-7:30. Not all works must be originals. \nPoetrynight got its start in Stuart’s Coffeehouse in 1995\, when a group of poets gathered around a table to share their current work. It has grown over the years as it moved to different locations. \nPoetrynight is a program under the Whatcom poetry series\, and besides the weekly open mic/feature\, can provide creative writing workshops for schools.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight-38/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190602T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190602T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190520T164930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190520T164930Z
UID:22322-1559505600-1559512800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Anti-Semitism Movie with Q&A
DESCRIPTION:For June’s WPJC film night\, we are watching the second volume of “Shoah” by Claude Lanzmann. Afterward\, we will have a Q&A about anti-semitism hosted by local Jewish artist and activist Robert Yerachmiel Schneiderman.  \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/353691225501198/ \nAltLib is always All Ages
URL:https://altlib.org/event/anti-semitism-movie-with-qa/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190601T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190601T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190520T164223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190520T164223Z
UID:22320-1559417400-1559430000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Definitely\, Maybe / Jackie / Razzleberry
DESCRIPTION:Come out to the AltLib for a night of three groovy energetic bands that will get you dancing and thrashing about!!! \nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\n$6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib \nDefinitely\, maybe is a Denver-based tender psych band formed by Carmine Gabbianelli in 2018. The live band features Ben Weirich’s swirling and texturally warm synth and keys\, Aaron Deboskey heartfelt laid back bass parts\, and Zachary Antonio’s distinctly groovy and visceral drums.\nhttps://definitelymaybemusic.bandcamp.com/ \nJackie is an eclectic blend of blues and classic rock mixed with modern music. Released early 2019\, Cabacheba reflects a range of writing styles\, versatility\, and audience. If you want to be moved both intellectually and physically\, take a listen!\nhttps://jackie6.bandcamp.com/ \nRazzleberry – Indie punky country boy band right here in B’ham!\nwww.instagram.com/razzleberryband/ \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/647738108972334/\n~~~\nAltLib is always ALL AGES\nNOTAFLAF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/definitely-maybe-jackie-razzleberry/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190531T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190531T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190520T163844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190520T163844Z
UID:22318-1559331000-1559343600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:The City Hall / Magnolia Baseball / River Gods
DESCRIPTION:The City Hall returns to Bellingham\, along with LA-based group River Gods\, and new local group Magnolia Baseball will open the evening!\nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\n$6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib \nThe City Hall creates music that is the sonic equivalent of throwing gushers\, broken camcorders\, and birthday tears into an ez-bake oven—in other words\, sugary pop with a salty aftertaste.\nhttp://thecityhallband.com/ \nRiver Gods is a Los Angeles-based group who claim the title of:\nTHE BEST BAND EVER\nhttps://www.rivergodsforever.com/ \nMagnolia Baseball is a new Bellingham-based group blending hamonies with indie-rock grooves\nhttps://magnoliabaseball.bandcamp.com/releases \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/428262131309541/ \n~~~\nAltLib is always ALL AGES!\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/the-city-hall-magnolia-baseball-river-gods/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190529T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190529T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190419T000709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000709Z
UID:22237-1559156400-1559160000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Volunteers' Meetin'
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting\, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/volunteers-meetin-9/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190529T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190529T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190419T001057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T001057Z
UID:22242-1559145600-1559149200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Bhagavad Gita Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Feel free to show up without any prior attendance to this open discussion on one of the most foremost scriptures in Hinduism – the Bhagavad Gita!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/bhagavad-gita-book-club-6/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190527T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190419T000110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000110Z
UID:22231-1558983600-1558990800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:The second longest running Bellingham poetry group – Poetrynight.\nAll people are invited to join the group any Monday night at 7pm. You don’t have to be a writer to participate as readers of all ages are always invited to sign up to read between 7-7:30. Not all works must be originals. \nPoetrynight got its start in Stuart’s Coffeehouse in 1995\, when a group of poets gathered around a table to share their current work. It has grown over the years as it moved to different locations. \nPoetrynight is a program under the Whatcom poetry series\, and besides the weekly open mic/feature\, can provide creative writing workshops for schools.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight-37/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190526T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190526T223000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190419T013432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T013432Z
UID:22254-1558899000-1558909800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:NOISE Church
DESCRIPTION:BOW DOWN to the SOUND…! \nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\nAltLib is always ALL AGES~ \nFeatured acts include:\nDeath Mask\nKellan & Friends
URL:https://altlib.org/event/noise-church-14/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190525T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190525T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192950
CREATED:20190422T192727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190422T192727Z
UID:22263-1558812600-1558825200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Shimmertraps / Booty EP / Laguna Largo
DESCRIPTION:It’s gonna be a groover at the AltLib! Two local favorites and some of our maple-syrup-loving neighbors!\nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\n$6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib \nShimmertraps – Certainly shimmery; not a trap.\nhttps://shimmertraps.bandcamp.com/ \nBooty EP is a Vancouver based duo inviting you on a dreamy time through their wonderland of sounds and visuals. Francis Hooper (synth\, guitar\, vocals) and Alli Deleo (keys\, vocals) blend sampled hip-hoppy beats with a wash of electronic instruments and cozy guitar.\nhttps://www.bootyepmusic.com/\nhttps://bootyep.bandcamp.com/ \nLaguna Largo is a new funky outfit on the B’ham scene ~\nhttps://lagunalargo.bandcamp.com/\n \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/295931887968672/\n~~~\nAltLib is always ALL AGES\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/shimmertraps-booty-ep-laguna-largo/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190524T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190524T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190419T012948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T012948Z
UID:22252-1558726200-1558738800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Xiu Xiu
DESCRIPTION:Xiu Xiu comes to the Alternative Library touring their latest album: Girl With Basket of Fruit! \nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\n$15 adv | $17 dos | Always All-Ages\nAdvance tickets are available via Brown Paper Tickets ~ https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4108106 \n“It’s as if the basic machinations of nation-states are crumbling before our very eyes. Our Faith\, privately\, collectively\, torn apart. Could there ever be a more perfect juncture for a new Xiu Xiu album?”\n– Tiny Mix Tapes \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/532869893903010/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/xiu-xiu/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190522T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190522T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190419T000627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000627Z
UID:22236-1558551600-1558555200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Volunteers' Meetin'
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting\, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/volunteers-meetin-8/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190522T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190522T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190419T001027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T001027Z
UID:22241-1558540800-1558544400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Bhagavad Gita Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Feel free to show up without any prior attendance to this open discussion on one of the most foremost scriptures in Hinduism – the Bhagavad Gita!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/bhagavad-gita-book-club-5/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190521T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190521T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190504T000655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190504T000655Z
UID:22300-1558465200-1558472400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Autonomy Is In Our Hearts
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an evening with PM Press author Dylan Fitzwater as he shares lessons from his experience working and learning alongside the Zapatistas. He’ll be presenting his newly published work\, “Autonomy Is In Our Hearts: Zapatista Autonomous Government through the Lens of the Tsotsil Language.”  \nThe lessons offered by the Zapatista movement of Chiapas\, Mexico are more pertinent now than ever. As the political right resurges throughout the Americas and the world\, the Zapatistas offer a different way forward. Instead of seeking state power\, they have remained steadfast in their commitment to build an autonomous government system beyond the logic of capital and the nation state\, and continuously resist attacks on their communities. \nAutonomy Is in Our Hearts gives a detailed account of this autonomous government system based on hundreds of testimonies from within the Zapatista base communities. It is rooted in Dylan’s own experiences of years of Zapatista solidarity work and as a student of Tsotsil\, a Mayan language indigenous to the highlands Zapatista communities of Chiapas. Dylan analyzes the autonomous government system through the conceptual language of Tsotsil: the foundations of autonomous government lie in long traditions of indigenous understandings of labor\, spirit\, social change\, self-defense\, and the good life. The words “Freedom\,” “Justice\,” and “Democracy” emblazoned on the Zapatista flag are only rough translations of concepts such as ichbail ta muk’ or “mutual recognition and respect among equal persons or peoples;” a’mtel or “collective work done for the good of a community;” and lekil kuxlejal or “the life that is good for everyone.” \nBoth a good introduction to the Zapatistas and a new perspective for those already familiar with the movement\, it is important reading for engaged intellectuals\, activists\, and organizers. \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1828224013945779/ \nAltLib is always All Ages~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/autonomy-is-in-our-hearts/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190520T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190520T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190419T000026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000026Z
UID:22230-1558378800-1558386000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:The second longest running Bellingham poetry group – Poetrynight.\nAll people are invited to join the group any Monday night at 7pm. You don’t have to be a writer to participate as readers of all ages are always invited to sign up to read between 7-7:30. Not all works must be originals. \nPoetrynight got its start in Stuart’s Coffeehouse in 1995\, when a group of poets gathered around a table to share their current work. It has grown over the years as it moved to different locations. \nPoetrynight is a program under the Whatcom poetry series\, and besides the weekly open mic/feature\, can provide creative writing workshops for schools.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight-36/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190519T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190519T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190419T002640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T002640Z
UID:22243-1558287000-1558297800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:IWW Meeting
DESCRIPTION:International Workers of the World unite! \nWhatcom-Skagit IWW host a monthly communion of comrades
URL:https://altlib.org/event/iww-meeting/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190519T111500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190519T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190419T003012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T003012Z
UID:22244-1558264500-1558270800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:11:11 Writers' Communion
DESCRIPTION:com·mun·ion\nkəˈmyo͞onyən\nnoun\n1. the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings\, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/1111-writers-communion-11/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190518T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190518T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190422T191702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190422T191702Z
UID:22261-1558207800-1558220400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Memory Boys / All Over Me / Cat Valley
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of indie pop-punk! \nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\n$6-10 sliding scale supports the artists and AltLib\nAltLib is always All Ages~ \nMemory Boys: From Langley\, WA\, their blistering and melodic\, dirty indie punk will be ringing in your ears long after you press the pause button. https://memoryboys.bandcamp.com/album/sun-wires \nAll Over Me: Based in Bellingham\, WA\, and bringing those softcore hits. https://alloverme.bandcamp.com/album/best-hits \nCat Valley: A feminist surf pop-punky trio that writes songs about cat-calling\, misogyny\, and trying to get off in our modern day patriarchy. https://catvalley.bandcamp.com/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/memory-boys-all-over-me-cat-valley/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190516T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190419T003301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T003301Z
UID:22245-1558033200-1558044000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Artists' Open Stage
DESCRIPTION:Signups start at 7:00pm; performances start at 7:30pm \nThe Artist’s Open Stage is a night of creative expression: a sharing of words\, music\, movement\, and ideas. Please join us every third Thursday by performing or curling up on the couch and enjoying the variety of talent our community has to offer. \nAltLib is always ALL AGES~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/artists-open-stage-15/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190516T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190516T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190504T003240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190504T003302Z
UID:22302-1558022400-1558027800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Harvesting Water Workshop
DESCRIPTION:We will discuss harvesting rain/greywater & how it can enhance your landscape & help our watershed. \nTaught By Hunterwolflydon.com
URL:https://altlib.org/event/harvesting-water-workshop/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T223000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20190513T181347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190513T181406Z
UID:22312-1557952200-1557959400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Film: The Mask You Live In
DESCRIPTION:WWU’s new Ally Education Club will be screening “The Mask You Live In\,” a 2015 film addressing how American culture’s narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys\, men and society at large and explores what we can do about it.  \nSnacks provided!\nRSVP and more: https://www.facebook.com/events/330460394335413/ \nAltLib is always All Ages~\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/film-the-mask-you-live-in/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192952
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SUMMARY:Volunteers' Meetin'
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting\, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/volunteers-meetin-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T170000
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SUMMARY:Bhagavad Gita Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Feel free to show up without any prior attendance to this open discussion on one of the most foremost scriptures in Hinduism – the Bhagavad Gita!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/bhagavad-gita-book-club-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190513T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190513T210000
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CREATED:20190418T235941Z
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SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:The second longest running Bellingham poetry group – Poetrynight.\nAll people are invited to join the group any Monday night at 7pm. You don’t have to be a writer to participate as readers of all ages are always invited to sign up to read between 7-7:30. Not all works must be originals. \nPoetrynight got its start in Stuart’s Coffeehouse in 1995\, when a group of poets gathered around a table to share their current work. It has grown over the years as it moved to different locations. \nPoetrynight is a program under the Whatcom poetry series\, and besides the weekly open mic/feature\, can provide creative writing workshops for schools.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight-35/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190512T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190512T183000
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CREATED:20190420T170100Z
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SUMMARY:Let's Talk About Sex
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Talk About It… is an afternoon of open conversation about topics that affect all of us\, featuring different voices from within the community. \nThis month\, Let’s Talk About… Sex. \nIn facilitated group discussions\, we’ll examine:\n-How we learn about sex\n-How we relate sex and intimacy\n-What is our relationship with sex concerning sexual autonomy (the body)? \nFeatured guests:\nBlanca Ortega — prevention education specialist for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS). Blanca works closely with middle and high schools throughout Whatcom County facilitating The Empowerment Project\, a three day prevention curriculum which addresses healthy relationships and consent. Blanca also provides advocacy to students that are in need of support after experiencing any type of trauma involving domestic/dating violence and or sexual assault.  \nVoid — member of the Bellingham Sex Positive Center. The BSPC works to create a safe and inclusive environment that provides education\, active community\, and open exploration of consensual gratification. Void has been been active in the kink community through the BSPC for ten months. Currently engaging in RACK\, or risk aware consensual kink\, Void is exploring enhancing and expanding their sense of intimacy\, autonomy\, and general pleasure. \nJosefina Mora — senior at WWU and a retail associate at WinkWink Boutique. This summer she’ll be transitioning to be the assistant educational and outreach manager. Josefina is an active member of community groups focused on immigrant justice and is the daughter of undocumented community leader Maru Mora Villalpando.  \nJohnilee Whiteside\, M.S. — relationship and sexual empowerment coach. Johnilee helps couples and individuals discover their authentic potency and create magical lives filled with sex and magic. \nAltLib is always All Ages~\nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/306986286662513/\nTo review our Respectful Space Policy\, see here: https://altlib.org/safer-space/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/lets-talk-about-it-sex/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190511T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190511T230000
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CREATED:20190419T012247Z
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SUMMARY:Chirgilchin: Tuvan Throat Singers with Yuliyana Krivoshapkina
DESCRIPTION:The Alternative Library is excited to bring the traditional Tuvan throat singing group Chirgilchin\, and Yuliyana Krivoshapkina to Bellingham for a concert of traditional Tuvan folk music! \nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\nTicket pre-sales will be announced soon ~~~ \nThe word Chirgilchin has two translations: “dance of the air in the heat of the day” and “miracle.” Established in 1996\, Chirgilchin is a group of musicians from Tuva\, a small Russian province north of Western Mongolia. Their music tells stories of their homeland\, its horses and its people. The monotone sustained notes that branch out into overtone singing with slight shifts in pitch give Tuvan music its characteristic buoyant yet meditative drone quality.\nhttps://www.pnmartists.com/chirgilchin \nThroat-singing is an extraordinary vocal form in which one singer produces two or more voices simultaneously\, the low sounds in the throat harmonizing with middle and high flute-like overtones\, to create richly layered melodies that evoke Central Asian steppes and nomadic life. Atmospheric and mesmeric\, this music is almost too difficult to describe in words and must be heard to be believed. The most advanced forms of throat-singing come from Tuva\, and the members of Chirgilchin are among the best and most accomplished throat-singers in all of Tuva. \nThe concert will be opened by a solo performance from Yuliyana Krivoshapkina\, a singer and virtuoso in the art of the khomus\, the national instrument of the Sakha Republic. It functions much like a Jew’s harp\, but differs in several respects. A conventional Jew’s harp is limited in range\, volume\, and pitch. The khomus is loud and strikingly expansive in range. Yuliyana has mastered playing sounds across nearly three octaves. Her music draws on the powers of Nature and the wisdom and traditions of the Yakut people to portray the timeless relationship between Man and the Universe. \n~~~\nAltLib is always ALL AGES \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2111744542227248/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/chirgilchin-tuvan-throat-singers-with-yuliyana-krivoshapkina/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190510T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190510T220000
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz / Free Food / Free Spirits
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for a night of free jazz and free food in the company of free spirits!\n$6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib \nWith his seventh solo album “Broken Silence\,” Swiss saxophonist Urs Leimgruber allows more space for the expression of the quiet – a sort of contemplative essence. Having long left the path of powerful electric jazz that characterized his time with “OM” during the 1970s\, he has since evolved a delicately sophisticated and often quite abstract style. The nine pieces found on “Broken Silence” have been developed out of silence\, which they – mostly gently – break\, only to subside back into eloquent silence in the end.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8z6il8S7X8 \nTIME — On tour from Florida\, TIME is an improv dance/noise piece performed inside a wall of fabric with interactive projections called Awakening of the Self. https://timeiam.bandcamp.com/ \nSage Romey is a Junior at Western\, perusing an interdisciplinary degree concentrated in Decolonial Ethnomusicology with a concentration in Africana studies and jazz. Sage was introduced to the joys of music listening to her grandfather’s records and plunking out tunes on the piano next to her mother. Singing since she could talk\, and playing piano since she was seven\, she has always been drawn to music as a form communication. Today Sage plays with numerous groups through the WWU jazz program and in the community\, constantly searching for new sounds and means of expression through music.  \nAltLib is always All Ages~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/freejazzfreefood/
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